Thomas M. Disch

Quotes

• “But before any of the small appliances who may be listening to this tale should begin to think that they might do the sa...”
• “But the toaster was quite satisfied with itself, thank you. Though it knew from magazines that there were toasters who c...”
• “So, without saying anything to the others, it made its way to the farthest corner of the meadow and began to toast an im...”
• “For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot of pract...”
• “It considered trying to explain their error to them, but what would be the use? They would only go away with hurt feelin...”
• “The toaster (lacking real bread) would pretend to make two crispy slices of toast. Or, if the day seemed special in some...”
• “Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has ofte...”